by Connie Oswald Stofko
A tall plant with huge leaves can become the focal point in your yard, and banana plants fit that bill.
You can find them now –and on sale–at Mischler’s Florist and Greenhouses, 118 South Forest Rd., Williamsville.
They include:
- Ensete ventricosum ‘Maurelii’ (Abyssinian banana)
- Musa ‘Gran Nain’
- Musa sumatrana ‘Zebrina’
They come in 6.5-inch pots.
They were $19.99 each and are now on sale for $9.99. In addition, any plant in a 6.5-inch pot is now on sale at Mischler’s for $9.99. The sale continues while supplies last.
The banana plants are about four feet tall now, but if you replant one in a larger 14-inch pot, by the end of the summer it should be about six feet tall.
Cut it back in autumn, bring it inside and keep it in a cool place. When the weather is warmer, start watering it. Take it outside again when nights are above 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
Learn more about overwintering plants here.
